Vandals Trash California Catholic High School, Destroying Virgin Mary Statue and Tabernacle
“We have a large statue of Mary that was pushed down and destroyed. We had the tabernacle, the gold tabernacle where our Lord is kept here, they tried to break that open to get the host out of there.”
Vandals attacked the Holy Innocents School in Long Beach, CA, over the weekend.
They destroyed statues, including one of our Blessed Mother that has stood at the school since 1958. They threw the tabernacle, which holds the Eucharist, to the ground.
I…I just cannot even. As a Catholic, this breaks my heart.
BREAKING: Catholic school in Long Beach, CA was desecrated overnight.
⁰Statues smashed. Images of Our Lady destroyed. The tabernacle thrown to the floor.This is one of the worst cases of vandalism the local bishop has ever seen.
Hatred of Christ only destroys hearts.
⁰Pray… pic.twitter.com/AmMzBbhHVH— Lila Rose (@LilaGraceRose) February 3, 2026
The vandals damaged the sanctuary more than any other place on the school grounds.
How does one do this to our Blessed Mother? If you’re Catholic you know we hold her in high regards as the mother of Jesus…our mother. We do not worship her. We give her the respect she deserves for bringing Jesus to us.
And the tabernacle, which holds the body of Jesus.
“The sound equipment and that sort of thing was ripped out of the wall,” Principal Cyril Cruz told KTLA. “Any closet that was there, everything was pulled out, so we thought, ‘Oh OK. This is to be expected,’ but what was not to be expected is the sanctuary part. We have a large statue of Mary that was pushed down and destroyed. We had the tabernacle, the gold tabernacle where our Lord is kept here, they tried to break that open to get the host out of there.”
Cruz has an important reminder for everyone: “It’s not maybe a person who can see, but evil is out there, so we need to pray.”
Junior Catherine Cruz responded in a way many probably wouldn’t, but it’s the right way.
“Our message right now is truly prayer,” Cruz said. “They are still created by God, and so we still want to love them, even though they did a terrible thing, we still want to pray for them.”
A GoFundMe has been set up to support the school. Over $77,000 has been raised!
People can also send donations directly to the school.
My heart is just broken.
Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon said her division will investigate.
The @CivilRights will open an investigation into this awful crime. @AGPamBondi https://t.co/MEo6DbUTM5
— AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) February 3, 2026
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In retrospect, from what we already knew about modern public education, why did we ever assume that the age of the Know Nothings was just history?
The work of HamasCrats. Darkness in operation. Prayer is the correct response because the Light comes that way. Light overcomes Dark.
Vandals? Maybe fundamentalist iconoclasts. The statues and tabernacle (“where our Lord is kept”) are forbidden according to them. Although Lila Rose goes out of her way to explain that they don’t worship the Virgin Mary, that’s not how some people see the attention she’s given. And the idea that the “Lord” is kept in a tabernacle? Of course if the Lord exists, he’s in the tabernacle, not because he’s kept there, but because he’s everywhere.
“You are the God of everything
Since He’s inside you and me”
Jethro Tull
“My God”
OK, so you don’t agree with Catholic doctrine.
That doesn’t refute it.
Catholics believe that the consecrated host is literally the BODY of Jesus, making him PHYSICALLY present in the tabernacle
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